IDF Spokesman denies Jawaher Abu Rahmah died of medical negligence Yossi Gurvitz, 20 January 2011 | | Jews for Justice for Palestinians See the earlier posting A Thinking Person’s Guide to the Abu Rahmeh Story; and the Magnes Zionist’s update The Two IDF’s, 20 January 2011 The IDF keeps offering new versions regarding the death […]

Posted by desertpeace on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 11:37 am. Despair and heartbreak are commonplace among the Palestinians I met. And yet, in the words and actions of Palestinians like Omar Barghouti, a leader in the Palestin­ian-led boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, there is reason for hope. It’s a sentiment echoed by Allam Jarrar, […]

Jan 20, 2011 | Joseph Dana Last night, the army released a statement to the Israeli press about the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah in Bil’in. For the past two weeks, the army has been spreading lies and half truths about her death ranging from suspected cancer to Abu Rahmah not being present […]

*Please send me a note if you will need a ride from Pittsburgh (joeskillet@riseup.net) For Immediate Release Regional Palestine solidarity groups to protest PA manufacturer of tear gas on MLK Day … On January 1, 2011, 36-year-old Palestinian Jawaher Abu Rahmah from the West Bank village of Bil’in died from tear gas inhalation suffered at […]

Joseph Dana writing from Bilin, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 11 January 2011 One week after the killing of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, Palestinian women’s groups lead the march in the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, 7 January. (Anne Paq/ActiveStills) “I am here because this village’s struggle is much more [than just] about the […]

Report, The Electronic Intifada, 10 January 2011 Activists are calling on a US manufacturer of tear gas to stop providing its products to the Israeli military. (ActiveStills) Four activist groups in the US are calling on a tear gas manufacturer to stop providing its products to the Israeli military following the death of Jawaher Abu […]

Sunday, January 9 2011|Lisa Goldman | + 972 Magazine The death last week of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rhamah, after she inhaled tear gas at a demonstration, has received a great deal of publicity, making her into a symbol of the violent means the Israeli army uses to maintain its control over the West Bank. […]

Daughter becomes third casualty in a West Bank family dedicated to ‘non-violent resistance’ against Israeli barrier Ana Carbajosa, Bil’in, West Bank | The Observer, Sunday 9 January 2011 | Article history The family of Jawaher Abu Rahme, 35, say she died after inhaling massive quantities of tear gas fired by Israeli forces. Photograph: ObserverSitting […]

Israeli soldiers have launched an attack on a number of homes in the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the occupied West Bank, killing an old Palestinian man, a report says. The Israeli troops shot dead the Palestinian during a Friday attack on several homes in al-Khalil, AFP reported. Palestinian security officials and witnesses say the […]

PressTV – Fri Jan 7, 2011 2:28PM Hundreds of Palestinians and international peace activists have held a protest rally against the Israeli separation wall in the occupied West Bank, calling for the destruction of the illegal barrier. Protesters say Israel has forcibly and illegally captured land owned by Palestinians to construct the ‘apartheid wall,’ which […]

+972 Magazine | Wednesday, January 5 2011|Lisa Goldman Last year, at the height of the Green Revolution in Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave an interview in which he explained the difference between the way democracies act when faced by demonstrators agitating for their freedom, and the way in which non-democratic states act. In Iran, […]

Local Translator Al Intiqad Exclusive- West Bank Only a few meters away from the home of the Abu Rahmeh family in Bi’ilin village (West of Ramallah), and in the very same place martyr Basel Abou Rahmeh was killed a year and a half ago, Jawaher Abu Rahmeh met the same fate of her younger brother […]

Editor Palestine Monitor 5 January 2011 We call for all women to participate alongside Italian Parliament member and peace activist Luisa Morgantini, in a silent vigil in Bil’in to express our grief and sorrow for the loss of the gentle and courageous Palestinian woman, nonviolent resister, Jawaher Abu Rahmeh. As the world was celebrating the […]